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A Jewish graduate student at New York University who was voted out of his school leadership position for condemning Hamas terrorism has been reinstated. According to The College Fix, Justin Feldman was a member of good standing in the graduate Student Government Assembly when he submitted a resolution condemning the “Endorsement, Promotion, or Excusing of Civilian-Murder (Terrorism) in Academia” following …

Sacramento City Council members are poised to vote on a resolution Tuesday evening that would declare it a sanctuary city for transgender people — including minors. The legislation has received the stamp of approval from a major Democrat-Socialist organization. Sacramento City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, a Democrat, spearheaded the resolution, which would protect medical professionals who perform gender transition surgeries on …

Students at one California school say they feel restricted by a digital ID app designed to track their time outside the classroom. According to a local report, Fresno High School rolled out the 5-Star Students app to help monitor trips outside the classroom that borrow from instructional time. Students, who are restricted to two, 7-minute bathroom trips daily, must plug …

A Rutgers professor defended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices on college campuses on Thursday. Harvard University held a panel featuring scholars and academics to discuss the role DEI bureaucracy plays on college campuses. “Four academics agreed it was important to protect diversity in higher education, but disagreed over whether universities’ diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives clash with academic freedom …

New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay praised New York City’s plan to raise prices on cars and trucks across Manhattan on Monday, calling the move “a victory” for those who take public transit. In an opinion piece titled, “Congestion pricing is a victory for millions of transit riders,” Gay said that if the plan succeeds, it will be …

A university scholarship only offered to Black students is a violation of U.S. federal civil rights law, according to a legal complaint filed with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on Monday. North Central University’s George Floyd scholarship violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits educational institutions from racial discrimination, because it is …

A Virginia county unanimously voted to observe its Transgender Day of Visibility this year on Easter Sunday – a move some critics see as “intentionally trying to offend Christians on the holiest of days.” The Fairfax Board of Supervisors voted 9-0 in favor of the proclamation last week, with one board member, Republican Supervisor Patrick Herrity, absent. March 31 – …

Ex-New Yorkers are speaking out on being among the thousands who have left the Big Apple in recent years. “I think everybody’s noticed a little bit of a shift in the city over the last year or so in terms of safety and cleanliness,” 31-year-old Samantha Pillsbury told the New York Post. According to a report released in December by …

A Minnesota lawmaker wants to make it legal for women to go topless in public after a resident was sentenced to jail for “indecent exposure” related to uncovered breasts. “This to me seems really wrong,” Minnesota House Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura told The Star Tribune regarding the conviction. “Particularly now, as we as a society are thinking differently about gender and …

Liam Neeson and Glenn Close were among the celebrities who’ve offered their voices to read excerpts of the indictments against former President Trump for an ongoing MSNBC podcast. MSNBC’s “Prosecuting Donald Trump” podcast covers “the historic indictments” against ther former president as they go to trial. Thursday’s episode used Neeson and Close to read some of the charges against the …